Psychology & Psychiatry
What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
Most of us want our lives to have meaning. But what do we mean by meaning? What is meaning?
Mar 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Life's purpose rests in our mind's spectacular drive to extract meaning from the world
What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living creature is on Earth in just one ...
Sep 4, 2018
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Neuroscience
First language study using new generation of wearable brain scanner
Scientists have carried out the first study of human cognition using a new generation of brain scanner that can be worn like a helmet. This marks an important step forward in the translation of their new technique from the ...
Aug 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
The slight difference: Why language is a uniquely human trait
Language makes us human. For a long time, psychologists, linguists and neuroscientists have been racking their brains about how we process what we hear and read. One of them is the renowned linguist and neuroscientist Angela ...
Nov 21, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Engaging children in math at home equals a boost in more than just math skills
Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according to research from Purdue University.
Nov 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Transcranial direct current stimulation can boost language comprehension
How the human brain processes the words we hear and constructs complex concepts is still somewhat of a mystery to the neuroscience community. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can alter our language processing, ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
From sounds to the meaning
Without understanding the "referential function" of language (words as "verbal labels," symbolizing other things), it is impossible to learn a language. Is this implicit knowledge already present early in infants? A study ...
Sep 2, 2015
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Neuroscience
A dominant hemisphere for handedness and language?
Through an innovative approach using a large psychometric and brain imaging database, researchers in the Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle (CNRS/CEA/Université de Bordeaux) have demonstrated that the location of language ...
Jul 4, 2014
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Neuroscience
Bird study finds key info about human speech-language development
A study led by Xiaoching Li, PhD, at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has shown for the first time how two tiny molecules regulate a gene implicated in speech and language impairments ...
Oct 17, 2013
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Genetics
Gene deletion affects early language and brain white matter
(June 27, 2013) – A chromosomal deletion is associated with changes in the brain's white matter and delayed language acquisition in youngsters from Southeast Asia or with ancestral connections to the region, said an international ...
Jun 27, 2013
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